{"id":1993,"date":"2011-01-20T23:57:27","date_gmt":"2011-01-21T04:57:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=1993"},"modified":"2011-01-20T23:57:27","modified_gmt":"2011-01-21T04:57:27","slug":"odu-notes-and-ogl-weekly-roundup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=1993","title":{"rendered":"ODU Notes and OGL Weekly Roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So the loss to ODU last night has been hashed and rehashed by now, so we&#8217;ll leave it with only a few comments from our glass half full perspective.\u00a0 The Dukes got 0 points from Julius Wells, Semonov played hurt, they faced a 29-8 free throw discrepancy on the road in Nawf*ck, and they didn&#8217;t realize the offense needed to go threw Denzel Bowles until midway through the 2nd half.\u00a0 And yet they had the ball down two with under a minute to go against the CAA favorite.\u00a0 Needless to say, despite the disappointment, we&#8217;re more bullish than ever on the Dukes outlook this season!\u00a0Time for Mason at home on ESPNU at 11 a.m. Saturday!\u00a0 Need we say more?\u00a0 Well actually, yes.\u00a0 The geniuses in the marketing department have declared the 11 a.m. start to be Pajama Day at the Convo.\u00a0 Just gonna let that hang there.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1994\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/193.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1994\" data-attachment-id=\"1994\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?attachment_id=1994\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/193.jpg?fit=2736%2C3648&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2736,3648\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot SD1200 IS&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1264862420&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6.2&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"193\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Going to get a Zoorific welcome for the first time in years!&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/193.jpg?fit=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/193.jpg?fit=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1994\" title=\"193\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/193.jpg?resize=225%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/193.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/193.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/193.jpg?w=2000 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1994\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Going to get a Zoorific welcome for the first time in years!<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Old Guys Leave Weekly Roundup:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Great story from <a class=\"wp-caption\" title=\"Moats Interview\" href=\"http:\/\/www.breezejmu.org\/sports\/article_1cdec492-1ebc-11e0-8155-00127992bc8b.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Breeze<\/a>, yeah that Breeze, on Arthur Moats.<\/p>\n<p>Even better story in <a class=\"wp-caption\" title=\"Dawn\" href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/sports\/college\/womensbasketball\/2011-01-18-dawn-evans-james-madison-kidney-disease_N.htm\" target=\"_self\">USA Today<\/a>, yeah that USA Today, on Dawn Evans.\u00a0 A must read for any Dukes fan!<\/p>\n<p>Story on tonight&#8217;s Women&#8217;s victory over the Tribe\/Griffin\/Pugs from <a class=\"wp-caption\" title=\"Blog 2\" href=\"http:\/\/jmdukedog.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">JM UWish <\/a>you had a Duke Dog.<\/p>\n<p>No link yet, but word is a NY Judge has vacated original judgment against JMU in the Matt Brady Marist case and they&#8217;ll have a chance to argue.\u00a0 More as I can figure it out.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve been lovin&#8217; the caa hoops blog at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.caahoops.com\">http:\/\/www.caahoops.com<\/a> and you should check it out for preview&#8217;s of all this weekend&#8217;s action including a mention of the &#8220;rebirth of the Electric Zoo.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Lastly, we&#8217;d provide you stories to how JMU may get bought out by UNC so UNC can dump their game against the Dukes next fall (football) in favor of a less dangerous opponent (Louisville) to the sweet tune of 600k, but The Daily News Record thinks it&#8217;s important enough to charge folks for an online subscription and all the TarHeels blogs I checked seem to deny the existence of football.<\/p>\n<p>Oh yeah, we really did link to <em>another<\/em>\u00a0JMU blog, one of at least others we&#8217;re aware of in the JMU Athletics Blog Universe <em>and <\/em>a CAA basketball-specific blog.\u00a0 Read that sentence again and just let that wash over you.<\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fjmusportsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D1993&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; 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